CubbyChowder finally got a BMW 2002 - it's project time

[MWyeS]

back end looks loads better.

[99sil-teg]

Looking good!

[CubbyChowder]

Picked up a very important package today

Finally got E-Level! I went with the RockerSwitch because I couldn't really afford the TouchPad at this time. I might go iLevel in the future and use an iPod touch as my touchpad for inside the car. Either way, I'm super excited to have all of the air suspension components and wheels paid for so I can put it behind me. Most of my big purchases for this build are now paid for and that is a very good feeling!

[244Brick]

Yay!!!

[Hella_RICH]

Back end just did a 360, looking much better. AIR

[99sil-teg]

So jealous, now get it install haha!

[Adamowsky]

It's nearly 3AM here now, and I just finished reading your thread. Really inspiring work has gone into this car. When you test fitted the wheels, the stance looked just about perfect. Can't wait to see this thing finished. Good luck with the rest of the build

[NorCalFocus]

Oh damn, where the fuck have I been. So happy to see whats happening.

[99sil-teg]

With those headlights I'm guessing you had to switch over to h4 bulbs, if so did you have to get mk1 headlight wiring or what wiring did you use I guess?

[CubbyChowder]

With those headlights I'm guessing you had to switch over to h4 bulbs, if so did you have to get mk1 headlight wiring or what wiring did you use I guess?

I've read that most people just use the stock 2002 wiring. Some guys wire in a relay, which I might end up doing. I haven't researched it in a while so I don't completely remember what's involved, but it's not much.

[PRO-STAR]

these came a long way awesome work man keep it up

[dgoizo]

Picked up a very important package today

Finally got E-Level! I went with the RockerSwitch because I couldn't really afford the TouchPad at this time. I might go iLevel in the future and use an iPod touch as my touchpad for inside the car. Either way, I'm super excited to have all of the air suspension components and wheels paid for so I can put it behind me. Most of my big purchases for this build are now paid for and that is a very good feeling!

Oh how I wish that would show up my house magically Can't wait for everything to get installed it's gonna be tits

[CubbyChowder]

2 days off in a row = 2002 sexy time.

I rarely get two days off in a row, so I made the best of it. Got a lot of work done, nothing you guys haven't seen before but here we go...

Measure twice, cut once. The only way I could really measure where to put this fender was by eyeing the other side haha, not the most promising way but everything looks perfect to me. Tacked in:



All welded up with both ends tied in:






Grinded all the welds down and took the surrounding areas down to bare metal:




I primered it because it'll be a few days before I can get back to work on it, and I didn't want any surface rust forming, I'm over that. I still need to do some body filler work to make everything look cherry, but I'm really happy with how it looks after just grinding the welds down. This means I'll only have to use a very small amount of filler, which after dealing with the driver's side and all of it's misfortunes, is a pure luxury to me at this point.



Then I figured I'd knock out the top trim holes. There was some rust around them, so I took everything down to bare metal:



Hit it with a flap disk and got everything clean:



Welded the holes shut and smoothed them out:



Next is shaving the lower trim holes and the rear side marker holes, doing all the necessary filler work to smooth everything out and this quarter panel will be done!

And one from Instagram. "Cleanup is paramount"

[piescauww]

Oh man, I love this project. Very nice job man! Can't wait to see it when it's painted.

[Kochiro]

Great work! So jealous of your workspace and weather though...